Chapter 15 puzzle
Across
- 2. A narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere
- 6. the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
- 7. the transfer of energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas
- 8. the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases
- 9. the middle layer of the atmosphere in which temperature increase as altitude increases
- 12. a mixture of gases that surrounds a planter or moon
- 13. prevailing winds that blow from east to west between 60 degrees and 90 degrees latitude in both hemispheres
- 15. the lowest layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature decreases at a constant rate as altitude increases
Down
- 1. the transfer of energy as heat through a material
- 3. the apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the earth’s rotation
- 4. the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
- 5. the uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increases
- 10. the measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface
- 11. Prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres
- 14. Prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator